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Non-Fiction Book Club - "The Daughters of Yalta"

Non-Fiction Book Club - "The Daughters of Yalta" In-Person

Join us for a lively discussion of The Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Grace Katz. New members are always welcome.

Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.

Kathleen Harriman was a champion skier, war correspondent, and daughter of U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Averell Harriman. Sarah Churchill, an actress-turned-RAF officer, was devoted to her brilliant father, who depended on her astute political mind. Roosevelt’s only daughter, Anna, chosen instead of her mother Eleanor to accompany the president to Yalta, arrived there as keeper of her father’s most damaging secrets. Situated in the political maelstrom that marked the transition to a post-war world, The Daughters of Yalta is a remarkable story of fathers and daughters whose relationships were tested and strengthened by the history they witnessed and the future they crafted together. 

No registration is required. Please email nhickey@clamsnet.org with questions. Copies of the book are available on the second floor of the library for book club participants.

Date:
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Time:
5:30pm - 6:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Conference Room
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Library Program - In Person